Appendix X: User's Guide - Washington State Department of Ecology

X.5 Inventory Planning Areas
The Shoreline Inventory developed by Grette Associates partitioned the Burien Shoreline in to five (5)
Inventory Reaches; four (4) along the Marine Shoreline and one (1) that encompasses the perimeter of Lake
Burien. The Supplement to the Shoreline Inventory refined this coarse characterization in to nineteen (19)
Shoreline Inventory Segments based on environment, existing development conditions, and well defined
geographical markers. Finally the Supplement to the Shoreline Analysis and Characterization grouped the
Inventory Segments in to four (4) Inventory Planning Areas:
UC-NA The relatively natural conditions found in the Urban Conservancy designation
SR-LB Development around Lake Burien
SR-AL Altered portions of the Marine that generally include meaningful native vegetation
SR-HA Highly altered portions of the Marine with relatively little ecological function
BMC 20.30.050 Figure 5, repeated below for convenience, defines the dimensions of Zone 1 and Zone 2 for the
Shoreline Buffer in each Inventory Planning Area.
UC SR-LB SR-AL SR-HA
Shoreline Buffer Zone 1 50 ft 30 ft 30 ft 20 ft
Shoreline Buffer Zone 2 100 ft 15 ft 15 ft 15 ft
Vegetation Conservation 200 ft 150 ft 150 ft 150 ft
Lot Size RS-12,000 RS-7,200 RS-12,000 RS-12,000
Building Coverage 30% 35% 35% 35%
The Urban Conservancy (UC-NA) planning area is bounded on the north by the northern end of Seahurst Park
and on the south by the southern end of Eagle Landing Park.
The Shoreline Residential – Lake Burien (SR-LB) planning area encompasses all of Lake Burien
The Shoreline Residential – Altered (SR-AL) planning area groups 5 inventory segments along the Marine
1) A set of contiguous homes with addresses on SW Seola Lane at the northern border of Burien
2) A segment bounded on the north by the northern edge of the Shoreline Community Beach and at the
south by the northern edge of those homes with addresses along Shorewood Lane SW
3) A substantial property at the mouth of Salmon Creek
4) An area bounded on the north by the southern end of Eagle Landing Park and at the south by the
property at the tip of Three Tree Point
5) An area bounded on the north by the homes in the Seacoma Blvd development and the south by the City
Limit with Normandy Park. The Seacoma Blvd development is a set of 9 waterfront homes in a small
cul-de-sac off SW 172 nd St at the point that this road begins to move away from Puget Sound.
The Shoreline Residential – Highly Alterned (SR-HA) planning area consists of the final 5 inventory segments
1) A set of contiguous homes with addresses on 30 Ave SW and bounded at the south by the Shoreline
Community Beach
2) A set of contiguous homes with addresses on Standring Lane SW along that portion of the roadway that
runs generally parallel to Puget Sound.
User’s Guide - 6 - 04/10/2013